inroad
[in-rohd]
- a damaging or serious encroachment: inroads on our savings.
- a sudden hostile or predatory incursion; raid; foray.
Origin of inroad
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Examples from the Web for inroads
Contemporary Examples
The state was a key Democratic pickup in 2008, a symbol of Democratic inroads into the Republican West.
Historical Examples
But as yet the life has made no inroads upon her moral health.
The Twins of Suffering CreekRidgwell Cullum
But no amount of world-wisdom can set a man above the inroads of superstition.
David ElginbrodGeorge MacDonald
Resistance to the inroads of the barbarians was no longer possible.
A Key to the Knowledge of Church History (Ancient)John Henry Blunt
Humanity had retreated from the inroads of the sea only after a stubborn fight.
The Shrieking PitArthur J. Rees
There was no way yet for us to suspect their full activity—their inroads.
UnthinkableRoger Phillips Graham
inroad
- an invasion or hostile attack; raid or incursion
- an encroachment or intrusion
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Word Origin and History for inroads
inroad
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Idioms and Phrases with inroads
inroads
see make inroads into.
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